Introducing Language Awareness

Penguin English Applied Linguistics Series

by Leo Van Lier, Ronald Carter (Editor), David Numan (Editor)

Introducing language awareness helps language students and teachers understand how language is used as a tool and how it relates to our most central activities in life; from learning and thinking to social relationships. This book explores our understanding of the human faculty of language and its importance in life. It also explains how power and control are manifested in language and the intricate relationships between language and culture.

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Mayuri Chalacan]

I am a teacher

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a great book I should have kept from college. It's a good reference for writing and just basic English language knowledge. Phonetics and origins of English and such. Oh well. That's what used book stores are for.

[Ika Novia]

Good